US Patent Issued to Hyundai Motor, Kia on June 10 for "Apparatus and method for manufacturing membrane-electrode assembly" (South Korean Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,327,898, issued on June 10, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Apparatus and method for manufacturing membrane-electrode assembly" was invented by Ju Ahn Park (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus and method for manufacturing a membrane-electrode assembly enable decal transfer to be effectively performed by lowering a glass transition temperatures of ion-conductive polymers included in an electrolyte membrane material and electrodes by spraying a sprayable material onto at least one of the electrolyte membrane material or each of the electrodes."

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